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Windows Home Server November 2008 Update

Nov. 26, 2008 Paul Thurrott | Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows

Microsoft has issued a November 2008 update for Windows Home Server. Note that despite the length of this post, it’s mostly bug fixes and the like.

This update improves the interaction between home computers that are running Windows Vista and a Windows Home Server-based system when you copy files or folders to a shared folder. Additionally, this update resolves certain issues that may occur when you restore files and folders from Windows Home Server. The update also improves the search functionality when you use remote access.

This update contains the following improvements.

Shared Folders and Server Storage

Issue 1 - Before this update is installed, the ability to copy large files or folders from a home computer that is running Windows Vista to a shared folder on the home server is limited by the free space on the primary hard disk drive of the Windows Home Server-based system. After this update is installed, the file size is limited to the free space on the target hard disk drives that are connected to the home server.

Issue 2 - Sometimes, Windows Home Server generates lots of notification messages about the files that are stored in shared folders. These notifications may cause high CPU utilization on the home server for applications that are accessing these files. This behavior causes slow performance on the home server. After this update is installed, applications such as the Microsoft Zune software, that may be running at the same time, no longer consume excessive processor resources.

Issue 3 - Under certain conditions, Windows Home Server disables duplication on shared folders after a new user account is created. After this update is installed, creation of user accounts no longer affects the status of shared folder duplication.

Home Computer Backup

When you restore files and folders from a Home Computer Backup, the Home Computer Backup process may stop when it is 79 percent complete. This update provides new functionality to help prevent this issue.

Home Server Backup

Some issues may occur when you restore files and folders from a Home Server Backup on an external hard disk drive to the software shared folder on a Windows Home Server-based system. This update adds functionality to prevent the unintended restoration of older versions of the Windows Home Server Connector software from overwriting newer versions of the files.

Remote Access

When you use the search functionality on the Remote Access Shared Folders tab to perform a search that includes accented characters, such as ã or ó, you may receive the following Web page error:

     Windows Home Server Remote Access has encountered an error.

This update lets you use accented characters with the Remote Access search.

Update information

How to obtain this update - If the Automatic Updates feature is enabled on your home server, the update will be downloaded automatically to your Windows Home Server-based system through Windows Update. Or, in the Windows Home Server Console, you can click Update Now on the General page of your home server Settings page.

Prerequisites - To apply this update, you must have the latest version of Windows Home Server Connector installed on the home computer.

Preinstallation requirement - Before you install this update, make sure that you are not running home computer backup.

Restart requirement - After you apply this update, you do not have to restart the computer.

Update replacement information - This update does not replace any other previously released updates.

Thanks to Sebastian V. for the tip.

Discuss this Article 17

gkeramidas
on Nov 26, 2008
it forced me to restart, also reset my auto login
dstrack
on Nov 26, 2008
Are we EVER going to be able to serve Zune content or access WHS Shares folders from our Xbox 360?
meason
on Nov 26, 2008
Dell for the love of god please make a WHS soon....
robertsjoe
on Nov 26, 2008
As @mikegalos would say, the great thing is that MS offer so much choice... which version is it that's been updated with these things? Or is it only some thing on some and not others? Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 Standard Windows Web Server 2008 Windows HPC Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V. Windows Server 2008 Standard without Hyper-V. MS, making easy things difficult.
mikegalos@msn.com
on Nov 26, 2008
Gee Robertsjoe You should read the ads for Windows Home Server that run on this very site before you post looking like a total idiot for not knowing that it's not only a specific product but the only server product that gets lots of coverage on this very blog that you claim to actually read.
mikegalos@msn.com
on Nov 26, 2008
And, Robertsjoe To make it easier for you, since reading things on the Internet seems to be something you find too hard, here's a link to all the Windows Home Server articles on this very blog. http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/tags/Windows+Home+S...
Waethorn
on Nov 26, 2008
@mike: Why do they make a version of Windows Server 2008 without Hyper-V anyway? It doesn't cost any less, and Hyper-V isn't installed by default - it's a server role that you can add later.... Is it for paranoids that think it'll take control of all of their VMware stuff?
mikegalos@msn.com
on Nov 26, 2008
Waethorn, I suspect it was put in as a way to keep the EU from insisting on it. :-)
robertsjoe
on Nov 26, 2008
@mikegalos: What?! You're trying spin now and not defending the (lack of) sense of having NINE editions of the a server OS? Why not? Yes, that's right. Because it's wrong, lame and stupid. OS X Server. ONE edition. Now that's smart.
robertsjoe
on Nov 26, 2008
@mikegalos: I love it how you and others blame the EU, or it's the OEMs, Dell and others for Microsoft's problems. Especially blaming Vista's many, many problems on others. The product is heavily flawed. Take blame for it. Even Paul is saying how Vista 2 is looking as lame and going to the another turkey. Having said that though, I bet that the negative Windows 7 post he wrote a day or so ago is only made up - so that when it actually ships (sometime in 2012) he will go on and on ad nauseam about how great it turned out and how (shock horror!) surprised he is since (this is where he'll link to the post from this week) he blogged about how bad it was looking back in November 2008. It's all a ploy.
Waethorn
on Nov 26, 2008
"OS X Server. ONE edition. Now that's smart." Apple: Taking "smart" away from the customer.
Waethorn
on Nov 26, 2008
@robertsjoe: Smart is coming up with your own OS, rather than putting lipstick on that Eunuchs server pig.
robertsjoe
on Nov 26, 2008
@waethorn: Lipstick on a pig? You must be blind. The accessibility features of Vista working for you? Vista is a God awful looking OS. Is is truly jarring to one's eyesight, completely disgusting user interface - built for people with not taste. That's obvious. Otherwise you'd not use it. And more to come in Vista 2 - which will be delayed.
RunTimeError
on Nov 26, 2008
The only thing I like about robertsjoe is the fact he can rile up both Mike and Waethorn with a single comment :)
robertsjoe
on Nov 26, 2008
@runtimeerror: "The only thing I like about robertsjoe is the fact he can rile up both Mike and Waethorn with a single comment :)" I like that about me too.
Waethorn
on Nov 27, 2008
"I like that about me too." Good, cuz nobody else does.
gorath
on Nov 27, 2008
"NINE editions of the a server OS?" Well, when a server OS is deployed in so many varied situations, why would you expect one version to do everything. Why would a web server need AD services for example? Why would a datacentre need exchange? It makes sense to be able to buy only the features you need. However, having said that, I still prefer the way pyramix is sold, where you can buy the core system, then add individual components in as required.

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